“And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.” —Mark 1:35

The Greek word for desolate here is “eremos” is the same word we see translated earlier in Mark as wilderness. John the Baptist ministered in the eremos or wilderness. Jesus was driven by the Holy Spirit into the eremos to fast and be tempted by the devil. This is also the place Jesus met with the Father in prayer.

The wilderness is where you meet with God

We know that this isn’t the only place you can meet with a God who is omnipresent, but this may be one of the primary places where we can meet with Him.

“There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” He said, “I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword, and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.” And he said, “Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord.” And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire the sound of a low whisper.” —1 Kings 19:9-12

God Speaks With A Voice Of

“Very few of us know the secret of bathing our souls in silence. It was a secret our Lord Jesus Christ knew very well. There were times when He had to send the multitudes away so He could retire alone into the silence of the mountainside. There He would turn the God-ward side of His soul toward heaven and for a long time expose Himself to the face of His Father in heaven.…
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My eyes and ears and spirit are aware of the immaturities in the so-called evangelicalism of our time. The more noise we make, the more we advertise, the more bells we jingle, the happier we seem to be. All of the signs of immaturity are among us.
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We are seeing a general abhorrence of being alone, of being silent before the Lord. We shrink from allowing our souls to be bathed in the healing silences.” —A.W. Tozer

What happens in the silence?

We Are

Reveal Answer

By His Spirit

“And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit,” —Ephesians 5:18

We Hear Our

Reveal Answer

When we get into a place of silence, the first thing you will notice is how loud your heart is.

Its in silence that we give our hearts the chance to speak.

Our

Reveal Answer

Is Exposed

This is where God wants to take us. He wants us in silence before Him. (Habakkuk 2:20 “But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.”)

“Solitude and silence help to maintain purity.” —John Climacus

We

Reveal Answer

From The Lord

We believe in a God that speaks, not an idol, not some deaf, dumb, mute piece of wood or dead god that other religions worship. We believe God is alive and speaking.

“We are silent in the early hours of each day, because God is supposed to have the first word, and we are silent before going to sleep, because to God also belongs the last word.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Prayer Points

1. Father, what are you wanting to say to me today?
2. Jesus, what things in my heart need to be repented of?